Dub Trio
IV | Roir Records (Vertrieb: Cargo) | Album | 14.10.2011
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“Dub Trio plays spacious reggae grooves spiked with high-adrenaline punk rock.”
- NEW YORK TIMES
“Dub Trio has taken our soft spot for dub and ripped it to shreds with their potent blend of blistering heavy rock and dub conventions.” - XLR8R
“Like a Sly & Robbie of the tri-state area… a more palpable, living-instrument experience akin to what, say, The Roots do with hip-hop.” - NY PRESS
Dub Trio is back with their fourth and most powerful album to date – “IV” - an overwhelming blend of sounds, styles and ideas that come out swinging, and hit harder than ever. Can metal coexist with dub’s bass heavy riddims? Dub Trio’s newest album proves that not only can such incongruities coexist, but that in the right hands they flourish!
After touring extensively over the years as a headlining act, with the release of their “New Heavy” album in 2006 Dub Trio became the go-to live musicians for both Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Peeping Tom), and Hasidic reggae rap sensation Matisyahu. Acting as band members in Patton’s Peeping Tom as well as working full time as Matisyahu’s touring band, Dub Trio have opened for The Who at Madison Square Garden, and performed with Matisyahu at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Dub Trio has worked closely with Lady Gaga as her original showcasing band, as well as with 50 Cent and G-Unit, Mary J. Blige, Tupac, Yoko Ono, The Fugees, Lauryn Hill, Tom Morello (of Rage Against The Machine), Mos Def, Mobb Deep, and many more.
The weight of Dub Trio’s power comes from their incredible musicianship, their versatility as performers and the intense scope of their creativity as producers. Their own records are a mind-ripping sonic collage of impossibly different musical structures all working together to build something much more staggering than the sum of its parts. With “IV” the band succeeds dramatically at emphasizing the ideas, emotions, sounds, and concepts of their current musical exploration. “When listening to IV you can hear that ‘dub’, as a concept and less as a genre synonymous to reggae, is at the core of the music, and while listening you’ll hear every thing from metal to dubstep” says drummer Joe Tomino. “There are a lot of twists and turns sonically, emotionally, and stylistically on this record. Play it loud!”
Tour:
16.10. Heidelberg – Kosmodrom
17.10. Stuttgart – Schocken
18.10. Hamburg – Hafenklang
19.10. Essen – Zeche Carl
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